President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post.

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump‘s choice for budget director, is poised to use his deep expertise on the inner workings of government to fire federal employees that disagree with his boss.

But if Vought is appointed and confirmed by the Senate, he will once again be working in an office that he has sought to drastically downsize. He wrote the Project 2025 chapter, " Executive Office of the President ,

Russell Vought was a key architect of Project 2025 and previously served as OMB director during Trump's first term.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Russ Vought, a key architect of "Project 2025," the controversial conservative plan to overhaul the government, to be director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget,

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary and first-term official Russell Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget.

President-elect Donald Trump continued filling out his cabinet and naming other members of his administration Friday night. Trump first announced what had been reported earlier this week: that he would be putting Russ Vought back in charge of the Office of Management and Budget.

Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position Vought held during Trump's first presidency. Vought was closely involved with Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for Trump's second term that he tried to distance himself from during the campaign.